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this is bigger than harry reid/john boehner. it's for the country. >> wolf, we'll have more of this at 7:00 p.m. eastern. one quick note, harry reid we were just told, did put a phone call into the injured capitol police officers, and the officers said the only thing i wanted to so is make sure that everyone was safe. >> dana, thank you. >>> happening now, breaking news right here in the nation's capital. gun shots and a wild car chase, from the white house to capitol hill. we have remarkable new video. we're standing by for a news conference by d.c. police, the fbi, the secret service and other agencies. >>> plus -- a child found in the car that led police racing across the city. we'll have the latest on that, and the fate of the driver. >>> and two powerful republican senators ka ultimate on an open microphone. the conference about the government shutdown they probably didn't want all of us to hear. >>> well to welcome or viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we be
this is bigger than harry reid/john boehner. it's for the country. >> wolf, we'll have more of this at 7:00 p.m. eastern. one quick note, harry reid we were just told, did put a phone call into the injured capitol police officers, and the officers said the only thing i wanted to so is make sure that everyone was safe. >> dana, thank you. >>> happening now, breaking news right here in the nation's capital. gun shots and a wild car chase, from the white house to capitol hill....
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harry reid said any bill that would change obama care is unacceptable. we have this whole thing covered for you. we are on top of it, every angel. gloria is standing by. at the capital, chief congretion that correspondent, dana bash standing by as well. gloria, i want to go to you first. why would house republicans push changes to obama care in senate democrats insist, insist it's a nonstarter? >> reporter: well, have you ever heard of a show boat, don? i think that's what this is. precisely because they know that it isn't going to go anywhere in the senate. this gives a republican party, which hans been divided over substance using continuing resolution to defund obama care an easy vote. they can all unite around the fact they don't like the president's health care plan. they know the president's health care plan is not very popular in this country. so they can show a unified front and a vote to defund the president's health care reform bill knowing full well it's going to go over to the senate and not going to fly there. they can say, by the way, we ar
harry reid said any bill that would change obama care is unacceptable. we have this whole thing covered for you. we are on top of it, every angel. gloria is standing by. at the capital, chief congretion that correspondent, dana bash standing by as well. gloria, i want to go to you first. why would house republicans push changes to obama care in senate democrats insist, insist it's a nonstarter? >> reporter: well, have you ever heard of a show boat, don? i think that's what this is....
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and harry reid and president obama's position is we won't even talk. let me point to something that's a good sign. this may have been missed in the coverage, but it's a good sign of washington working the way it should. today a piece of legislation was passed. the house of representatives passed a bill sunday morning that says regardless of what happens if there's a shutdown or not, we're going to fund the men and women of our military. for weeks president obama and harry reid had been threatening the men and women of the mill their their paychecks would be lost. today harry reid did something good, something i praised him for, so the senate unanimously passed that. that will go to the president's desk for signature today. that's a step in the right direction. that is ensuring that our soldiers and sailors, airmen and marines are not held hostage. >> so at least a bit of bipartisanship. i want to take a quick break, continue this conversation. there's a lot at stake, as you well know. much more of our conversation can senator ted cruz. tweet us, using
and harry reid and president obama's position is we won't even talk. let me point to something that's a good sign. this may have been missed in the coverage, but it's a good sign of washington working the way it should. today a piece of legislation was passed. the house of representatives passed a bill sunday morning that says regardless of what happens if there's a shutdown or not, we're going to fund the men and women of our military. for weeks president obama and harry reid had been...
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if harry reid wants to send people over to negotiate, we're ready and willing to do it. at the same time, if we could get the senate to do what we've done in a bipartisan manner this week, we have passed bills in a bipartisan manner to open up much of the government. if the senate would just pick up those bills, you would see a lot of those issues be swept away. we can't get harry reid to move those bills. >> let me make it clear, there's a process in place. you may want to go around it. we have a continuing resolution, fund it at your number, bring it to the floor of the house. >> can i ask you something? >> go ahead. >> can i ask you something? is it the regular way we should be passing funding for this country in one solid bill or the way you fund multiple appropriations bills? >> oh, chairman rogers and i are ready to do a complete bill. you want to hand pick here, hand pick done. maybe by december we get the process done. >> we've already september four of those bills to the senate. they have not taken up. you probably voted on some of them. >> you know, you are dec
if harry reid wants to send people over to negotiate, we're ready and willing to do it. at the same time, if we could get the senate to do what we've done in a bipartisan manner this week, we have passed bills in a bipartisan manner to open up much of the government. if the senate would just pick up those bills, you would see a lot of those issues be swept away. we can't get harry reid to move those bills. >> let me make it clear, there's a process in place. you may want to go around it....
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jim just played a quick sound bite from the senate majority leader harry reid, who said it's not going to happened, when asked if they would agree to extend the debt ceiling without opening the government. maybe that was part of the discussion. maybe the president said, obviously i don't want to let the country default, but i want to reopen the government. what i can see, and this is really important to underscore. we are hearing so much more from republicans on both sides of the capitol that they are very concerned about the public backlash to them personally, reply dale and to their party in general over the shutdown. >> we'll see if they speak out once they get back to capitol hill. >>> coming up, a cramped dinner, it sounds delicious, but the government shutdown may be getting in the way. >>> also the independent senator bernie sanders, he's standing by to join us live. he hayes very strong opinions about the shutdown, who is to blame. by the way, if you have some questions you want me to ask him, tweet them to me. don't forget to use th the #sitroom. how much protein does your dog
jim just played a quick sound bite from the senate majority leader harry reid, who said it's not going to happened, when asked if they would agree to extend the debt ceiling without opening the government. maybe that was part of the discussion. maybe the president said, obviously i don't want to let the country default, but i want to reopen the government. what i can see, and this is really important to underscore. we are hearing so much more from republicans on both sides of the capitol that...
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just a few years ago, even democratic leader harry reid said he wouldn't do it, saying it would be -- >> a black chapter in the history of the senate. >> reporter: so what about now? why isn't this a black chapter in the history of the senate? >> things have changed dramatically since 2005. dramatically. for the last four and a half years, they have done everything they can to deny the fact that obama was elected and then re-elected. >> reporter: translation? gop obstruction is unprecedented. to back that up, democrats point to statistics from the nonpartisan congressional research service. in the history of the country, there have been 168 filibusters of presidential nominees. about half, 82, happened during the obama administration. >> in summary, this is a power grab. >> reporter: angry republicans don't necessarily dispute democrats' statistics about nominees they have blocked. instead, they point to how many judges they have confirmed. 215, and rejected five. when it comes to the fight that democrats called the last straw over vacancies in the d.c. circuit court of appeals, the r
just a few years ago, even democratic leader harry reid said he wouldn't do it, saying it would be -- >> a black chapter in the history of the senate. >> reporter: so what about now? why isn't this a black chapter in the history of the senate? >> things have changed dramatically since 2005. dramatically. for the last four and a half years, they have done everything they can to deny the fact that obama was elected and then re-elected. >> reporter: translation? gop...
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listen to harry reid. >> mr. president, the debt is here. the deadline is looming. rating agencies are talking about downgrading us as early as tonight, again. >> he spoke on the senate floor just before fitch actually did put the u.s. on a negative rating watch. this is a very ominous and serious development. give us some perspective. >> this is no way to run a country, and that's what fitch is saying, saying that the u.s. does not raise its debt ceiling early enough for the treasury department to alleviate concerns about which bills to pay. and that's the problem here. and the treasury department, an official there saying yeah. this shows we need to have some action here in the very near term. it's not a downgrade. but it is fitch saying, when you look at how we're running our business in washington, they're not doing a good enough job to garner that triple a, that sterling credit rating forever, putting investors on notice that the u.s. is not acting properly to continue that status. >> s&p did downgrade the rating. >> this is what investors are worried about. it
listen to harry reid. >> mr. president, the debt is here. the deadline is looming. rating agencies are talking about downgrading us as early as tonight, again. >> he spoke on the senate floor just before fitch actually did put the u.s. on a negative rating watch. this is a very ominous and serious development. give us some perspective. >> this is no way to run a country, and that's what fitch is saying, saying that the u.s. does not raise its debt ceiling early enough for the...
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frankly, harry reid doesn't look all that good, either. the city of washington decays in the esteem of the american people and we decay as a country around the world. this is a lose-lose-lose process. >> i think if you look at the data that's coming out -- >> the polling numbers. >> there's a "the washington post" poll that's out today that shows republicans getting the blame by more than two to one. compared to the president, almost three to one. and i think that there's a reason for that, because the american people didn't agree with shutting down the government over obama care. they didn't agree with republican tactics up until now, and it's very hard for republicans to pull back from that. you know, it's an open question, how long that blame lasts, but they have a little bit more than a black eye. they have a bloody nose, a black eye. they're taking the hit. >> we lived through this in the '90s. the country will want to know by next summer is obama care working, are jobs being created, is the deficit under control, does washington look
frankly, harry reid doesn't look all that good, either. the city of washington decays in the esteem of the american people and we decay as a country around the world. this is a lose-lose-lose process. >> i think if you look at the data that's coming out -- >> the polling numbers. >> there's a "the washington post" poll that's out today that shows republicans getting the blame by more than two to one. compared to the president, almost three to one. and i think that...
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the president and harry reid could not make things more clear that they refuse to negotiate. house republicans put on one, two, three, four different proposals on the table. we're not through negotiating, but we are through negotiating with ourselves. again, if you want to take the specter of default off the table, then why don't you call upon the president, why don't you call upon harry reid to take it off the table and pass the full faith and credit act? >> here's why. >> when it comes -- >> let him explain. go ahead, congressman israel. answer the question that the congressman hensarling just raised. why won't you support that legislation so that there won't be this crisis raising the debt ceiling every few years? >> for two reasons. number one, because jeb's legislation has the absolute wrong priorities for the middle class. what jeb's legislation says is we can default, they accept the fact that we can default, and if we do, china gets paid first. so if you're on social security, you get in line. if you're on medicare, you get in line. if you're a veteran, you get in lin
the president and harry reid could not make things more clear that they refuse to negotiate. house republicans put on one, two, three, four different proposals on the table. we're not through negotiating, but we are through negotiating with ourselves. again, if you want to take the specter of default off the table, then why don't you call upon the president, why don't you call upon harry reid to take it off the table and pass the full faith and credit act? >> here's why. >> when it...
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that's who needs to be asked the question. >> harry reid did sit down with mitch mcconnell. they worked out this deal that was whoefr yelpingly passed in the senate and house of representatives, including from your own republican leadership. >> and it did nothing to address the problems that we have right now. >> so have you lost confidence in the speaker? >> not at all. i mean, the speaker is the leader. he made a decision that he felt was best for most of our conference, and i had to make a decision about what i think is best for my district and the american people that i represent in my district. ultimately we are going to have to make a decision on this, you know? we can keep kicking this can, but eventually it's going to hit us. i say we stop now and say to the president and we say to heart ri reid, come to the table, let's talk and let's hope that's what happening. >> diane black, a republican congresswoman from tennessee, thanks very much for coming in. >> you're welcome, wolf. thank you for having me. >>> that's it for me. thanks for watching. "crossfire" starts righ
that's who needs to be asked the question. >> harry reid did sit down with mitch mcconnell. they worked out this deal that was whoefr yelpingly passed in the senate and house of representatives, including from your own republican leadership. >> and it did nothing to address the problems that we have right now. >> so have you lost confidence in the speaker? >> not at all. i mean, the speaker is the leader. he made a decision that he felt was best for most of our...
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i asked harry reid about that and why he won't at least support that. if you all talked about children with cancer unable to go to clinical trials, the house is supposedly going to pass a bill that funds at least the nih. give whan you said, will you at least pass that? and if not, aren't you playing the same political games that republicans are? >> listen, senator durbin explained that very well. he did it here. he did it on the floor earlier as did senator schumer. what right do they have to pick and choose what part of government's going to be funded? it's obvious what's going on here. you talk about reckless and irresponsib irresponsible, what this is all about is obama care. they are obsessed. i don't know what other word i can use. i don't know what other word i can use. they are obsessed with this obama care thing. it's working now and will continue to work and people will love it even more than they do now by far. they have no right to pick and choose. >> if you could help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it? >> listen -- >> why pit
i asked harry reid about that and why he won't at least support that. if you all talked about children with cancer unable to go to clinical trials, the house is supposedly going to pass a bill that funds at least the nih. give whan you said, will you at least pass that? and if not, aren't you playing the same political games that republicans are? >> listen, senator durbin explained that very well. he did it here. he did it on the floor earlier as did senator schumer. what right do they...
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we have not also gotten clarification on what harry reid meant said, don't screw it up. >> he said that directly to mayor gray. >> yes, he did. >> they could pass -- within and be fine, but that's not happening. mayor gray is warning about that. they also administer grants to neighboring counties like fairfax, montgomery county, to spend on firefighters. there's a vulnerability. thanks very much. people across the united states are angry, but some have bigger platforms to invent more power. the ceo of starbucks certain falls into that category. cnn's poppy harlow spoke with him. open the government immediately. how shultz wants you to do more. he wants you to sign a petition to washington, demanding three things -- open the government, pay our debt and pass a long-term budget deal. >> we must provide a level of pressure and concern delivered to washington, so they understand that the american people are watching, the american people are serious. >> starbucks footprint is, well, enormous, with 45 million customers a week in the u.s. this megapeat is schultz' most recent jump into hot-but
we have not also gotten clarification on what harry reid meant said, don't screw it up. >> he said that directly to mayor gray. >> yes, he did. >> they could pass -- within and be fine, but that's not happening. mayor gray is warning about that. they also administer grants to neighboring counties like fairfax, montgomery county, to spend on firefighters. there's a vulnerability. thanks very much. people across the united states are angry, but some have bigger platforms to...
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they have refused to compromise at all, and unfortunately harry reid and president obama believe this shutdown benefits them as a partisan political matter. >> so for me, thanks very much for watching. "crossfire" starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire", after four days of shutdown, who's to blame? >> democrats have invoked my name as the root of all evil in the world. >>> who will blink? >> we should get this over with as soon as possible. >>> is anybody winning? >> this isn't some damned game. >>> on the left steffie tutter. on the right s.e. kipp. howard dean and jessie venturo, what furloughed both parties' lawmakers. solving the shutdown. what can taxpayers do? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm stephanie cutter on the left. >> i'm secupp on the right. the white house signaling to the "wall street journal" that they don't care how long this shutdown guy on as long as they're winning is a huge problem. winning republicans if the white house doesn't lead soon, they'll find themselves in big trouble.
they have refused to compromise at all, and unfortunately harry reid and president obama believe this shutdown benefits them as a partisan political matter. >> so for me, thanks very much for watching. "crossfire" starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire", after four days of shutdown, who's to blame? >> democrats have invoked my name as the root of all evil in the world. >>> who will blink? >> we should get this over with as soon as...
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reid was sitting on the couch next to mitch mcconnell and the house speaker said to harry reid, go blank yourself, and the blank starts with an "f." and reid laughed it off and did not take it seriously. a republican that was there said that was not what happened and the exchange continued and it didn't get better for reid. what is interesting is not only did this happen, both men appeared to be eager to share the story with their colleagues. reid shared it with his democratic caucus in a meeting and the same for the house speaker, he told some of his colleagues as well. i just bumped into a lawmaker saying the speaker was relaying the incident, and it's not the first time the blank word has been used in the halls of the white house and congress, and it shows the fact that we are at january 2nd, and congress really has not gone home. >> what kind of relationship, dana, has these two men had, the speaker of the house and senate majority leader over the years? >> reporter: at times it was productive, a year and a half ago the first real showdown we had when boehner became speaker was about
reid was sitting on the couch next to mitch mcconnell and the house speaker said to harry reid, go blank yourself, and the blank starts with an "f." and reid laughed it off and did not take it seriously. a republican that was there said that was not what happened and the exchange continued and it didn't get better for reid. what is interesting is not only did this happen, both men appeared to be eager to share the story with their colleagues. reid shared it with his democratic caucus...
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but because of harry reid and the senate, senate conservatives haven't had this fight. they have been asking for it. i think it's only fair that we in the house give them a package that defunds obama care and let them debate it over there, let them fight it over there. if they want to filibuster, have at it. we give them the opportunity. >> congressman king, go ahead and respond. >> yeah, i don't really disagree. i'm against the overall strategy but i understand why the speaker is coupling them tomorrow. it's the only way we can get a bill out of the house and ted cruz and rand paul and mike lee have been saying if we just send it over to the senate, they are going to resolve the whole thing, they will win this fight. we are giving it to them. we know they won't win it. it will come back to us in the house without defunding in it but let them explain to the american people and to the republican party why they were saying all summer that this was a winning strategy. i understand why john boehner is doing what he's doing tomorrow. he really has no choice. again, it will c
but because of harry reid and the senate, senate conservatives haven't had this fight. they have been asking for it. i think it's only fair that we in the house give them a package that defunds obama care and let them debate it over there, let them fight it over there. if they want to filibuster, have at it. we give them the opportunity. >> congressman king, go ahead and respond. >> yeah, i don't really disagree. i'm against the overall strategy but i understand why the speaker is...
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reid. then it is expected to go over to the house, which is expected to vote to approve this. when whole deal, making sure the debt ceiling is raised, is expected to go to the president's desk tonight. >> a lot of language in this 35-pages i haven't you go through it myself, either, but a lot of stuff in there. house republicans have to pass it as well. are there any road blocks ahead that could derail this deal before it gets to the president's desk? >> this has been such a whirlwind. i am not going to say definitively no, but it certainly doesn't look that way at this time what's been most fascinating to watch. even those -- are rallies around him, at least in his leadership. let's lynn to ma mull vainie said to our own jake tapper today. >> speaker boehner, stronger now? >> 100% stronger. no one blames him for this. we didn't have the votes. i supported the compromise that the speaker offered yesterday, so did really good conservatives. we could not get him the votes. that was our fate e
reid. then it is expected to go over to the house, which is expected to vote to approve this. when whole deal, making sure the debt ceiling is raised, is expected to go to the president's desk tonight. >> a lot of language in this 35-pages i haven't you go through it myself, either, but a lot of stuff in there. house republicans have to pass it as well. are there any road blocks ahead that could derail this deal before it gets to the president's desk? >> this has been such a...
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. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid tried to move senate votes up to today, but ted cruz objected and fellow rep bob corker came to the floor to chastise him. >> my two colleagues, who i respect, have sent out e-mails around the world and turned this into a show, and that is taking priority over getting legislation back to the house so they can take action. >> why is harry reid going to vote the same way you are proposing to vote? why is every democrat in this chamber going to vote the way you're proposing to vote? >> cruz never directly responded to the allegation that he wants to delay it, because this is all for show, but his spokesman said he simply wants to have these votes in the light of day. wolf, he got his wish. we now know a series of critical votes will happen at 12:30 tomorrow. then after those are passed, we expect this to go to the house and of course the government shutdown hot potato will be in their lap with just 2 1/2 days to go to the deadline. >> midnight monday night. thanks very much, dana bash. >>> he called senator cruz of texas a fraud. now peter
. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid tried to move senate votes up to today, but ted cruz objected and fellow rep bob corker came to the floor to chastise him. >> my two colleagues, who i respect, have sent out e-mails around the world and turned this into a show, and that is taking priority over getting legislation back to the house so they can take action. >> why is harry reid going to vote the same way you are proposing to vote? why is every democrat in this...
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the president can sit down with harry reid tonight and work with senate democrats who have the majority in the senate to move a bill. it's time for them to act. i've made this clear for months now. and yet we've seen nothing. >> now, he wants them, senator, to move legislation that passed in the last congress. the last congress is irrelevant right now. you need new legislation in order to pass a bill. >> wolf, what's not irrelevant is last congress we had the tax increase. so now it's spending cut time. the president doesn't want to to the spending cut. we had the tax increase -- >> right now, to avert this fiscal crisis we have right now, these forced spending cuts, you need a new bill. you can't use a bill from the old congress. >> the president -- you know what, and i think scott walker, the wisconsin governor, said it, let the president come out and say, here's where we're going to cut $85 billion in spending. the bottom line is the president doesn't want to cut spending. it's $16 trillion in debt. he doesn't want to cut spending. >> he does want to cut spending but he also wants so
the president can sit down with harry reid tonight and work with senate democrats who have the majority in the senate to move a bill. it's time for them to act. i've made this clear for months now. and yet we've seen nothing. >> now, he wants them, senator, to move legislation that passed in the last congress. the last congress is irrelevant right now. you need new legislation in order to pass a bill. >> wolf, what's not irrelevant is last congress we had the tax increase. so now...
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harry reid rejected it. they want no part of this. what is also interesting is john mccain is going to write an op-ed coming up soon. we don't know when, to counter putin's op-ed. he is going to do it on putin's home turf. he is going to write an op-ed for pravda. his office told "the washington post" that today. it's point/counterpoint on each other's turf. >> let him do it. nothing wrong with any of this. thanks, brian todd for that excellent report. let's wrap it up with a quick look at some of the hotshots coming in from around the world. in england, dancers performed for an exhibit at the tate modern museum in london. in the netherlands, cavalry guards trained for the next week opening of the parliamentary year. and in indonesia, drummers perform at a festival. and in wales, check it out, a young girl plays on a human chessboard. hotshots, pictures coming in from around the world. remember, you can always follow what is going on here in "the situation room" on twitter. tweet me @wolfblitzer. thanks very much for watching. i'm wol
harry reid rejected it. they want no part of this. what is also interesting is john mccain is going to write an op-ed coming up soon. we don't know when, to counter putin's op-ed. he is going to do it on putin's home turf. he is going to write an op-ed for pravda. his office told "the washington post" that today. it's point/counterpoint on each other's turf. >> let him do it. nothing wrong with any of this. thanks, brian todd for that excellent report. let's wrap it up with a...
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and they had what the senate majority leader, harry reid, described to me as a brief huddle. now, our jake tapper was told the president told leaders in both parties to be prepared to come to the white house on friday, ready to talk solutions. that certainly would be a change. >> reporter: the president, republican, and democratic leaders coming together to unveil a statue of civil rights icon, rosa parks, all pulling in the same direction. their partisan tug-of-war, temporarily on hold. >> mr. president, you honor us with your presence. thank you for being here. >> reporter: but this bipartisan moment was just that, a moment. here's the senate leaders going at it just 45 minutes earlier. >> he wasn't elected to work with the congress he wants, he was elected to work with the congress he has. >> republicans are too busy fighting among themselves to unite behind a course of action, so they're instead doing nothing. zero. >> reporter: the president did ask congressional leaders to the white house to discuss forced spending cuts for their first face-to-face meeting about avertin
and they had what the senate majority leader, harry reid, described to me as a brief huddle. now, our jake tapper was told the president told leaders in both parties to be prepared to come to the white house on friday, ready to talk solutions. that certainly would be a change. >> reporter: the president, republican, and democratic leaders coming together to unveil a statue of civil rights icon, rosa parks, all pulling in the same direction. their partisan tug-of-war, temporarily on hold....
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apparently we don't have the sound bite from majority leader harry reid but he said he grew up in a town filled with brothels. you know he's from nevada near las vegas area and so he's used to quote salty language and so this didn't offend him but he said, wolf, that the speaker should know who is sitting on their posterior. if this is the language they are using before the cuts go into effect this may be a more exciting story. >> how effective has the president been in delivering this hard hitting message basically totally blaming the republicans for refusing to compromise? >> well, the goal here is to make this really feel, make americans realize how much this will hit home and how much the budget cuts will impact their own pocketbook. the latest polling shows that's had mixed results. right now 60, 6-0 percent of americans believe these forced spending cuts will hurt the overall economy. only 30% think it will have a major impact on their own personal finances. and politicians, insiders, both democrats and republicans tell me they think more americans have to really feel it in the poc
apparently we don't have the sound bite from majority leader harry reid but he said he grew up in a town filled with brothels. you know he's from nevada near las vegas area and so he's used to quote salty language and so this didn't offend him but he said, wolf, that the speaker should know who is sitting on their posterior. if this is the language they are using before the cuts go into effect this may be a more exciting story. >> how effective has the president been in delivering this...
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. >> reporter: harry reid warned any house changes would be unacceptable. why? >> because it's obvious that that would shut down the government. >> reporter: why wouldn't it be your fault, then? >> are you using weird caucus math. >> reporter: meanwhile, wolf, the senate is also now adjourned and they are not coming back until monday, just hours before the deadline for the government to shut down. i got to tell you, for a place that is supposed to be in crisis, it is eerily quiet here. the halls are pretty much empty. everyone is gone. >> a week ago, the speaker john boehner said next weekend, meaning tomorrow and sunday, will be very, very busy weekends for members of the house and guess what? he's obviously right. they got to make a major decision right now. do they let the government stay open, do they shut it down by including a demand that they know the senate won't accept, certainly the president won't accept. these are tough decisions that the speaker and his republican caucus have to make right now. they've got tomorrow and sunday to make up their mind.
. >> reporter: harry reid warned any house changes would be unacceptable. why? >> because it's obvious that that would shut down the government. >> reporter: why wouldn't it be your fault, then? >> are you using weird caucus math. >> reporter: meanwhile, wolf, the senate is also now adjourned and they are not coming back until monday, just hours before the deadline for the government to shut down. i got to tell you, for a place that is supposed to be in crisis, it...
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let harry reid lead and see what they can do. i think the president will have a lot fewer followers than he thinks. >> harry reid is as able senate leader. i love seeing him lead. it's interesting that ari is counseling at least on tv counseling republicans not to lead. look, that's easy for the republicans. they used to say -- ari and i are both baseball fans. the house controlled by the republicans are where good ideas go to die and that's apparently what speaker boehner is being advised to do now. i think it's a terrible mistake. he could come and make deals and meet the president halfway but it looks like i think they are going to go back to their constructionism. that's not a good strategy. >> all right. we'll all stand by to hear what the speaker actually has to say. we're looking at live pictures from where that news conference will start momentarily. thanks to both of you. we'll also get a different perspective when we come back. i'm going to speak with the former speaker of the house, the former republican presidential c
let harry reid lead and see what they can do. i think the president will have a lot fewer followers than he thinks. >> harry reid is as able senate leader. i love seeing him lead. it's interesting that ari is counseling at least on tv counseling republicans not to lead. look, that's easy for the republicans. they used to say -- ari and i are both baseball fans. the house controlled by the republicans are where good ideas go to die and that's apparently what speaker boehner is being...
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harry reid is a big gun enthusiast and what that office is saying right now whatever coming out of the judiciary committee, they are looking at an assault-weapons ban, high-capacity magazines and universal background checks will get a vote. there will be a vote on some of these measures. there will be amendments avow lowed. as for the president, he called for a vote and it looks like he'll get them. >> separate votes but -- >> he'll get votes. >> we'll see what he can achieve on these sensitive issues. jim acosta, thanks very much. >>> president obama hit the road today. >>> also, another day on a hot ship overflowing with raw sewage. is the end now in sight? [ male announcer ] when we built the cadillac ats from the ground up to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the all-new cadillac ats -- 2013 north american car of the year. ♪ for a limited time, take advantage of this exceptional offer on the all-new cadillac ats. exceptional offer with the bing it on challenge to show google users what they've been missing on bing. let's bing it on. [fight bell: ding,
harry reid is a big gun enthusiast and what that office is saying right now whatever coming out of the judiciary committee, they are looking at an assault-weapons ban, high-capacity magazines and universal background checks will get a vote. there will be a vote on some of these measures. there will be amendments avow lowed. as for the president, he called for a vote and it looks like he'll get them. >> separate votes but -- >> he'll get votes. >> we'll see what he can achieve...
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>> you know, wolf, the votes aren't there is the bottom line, what harry reid said. we know it's true because we've been reporting on this show really since the gun debate reignited after newtown that it's not just because republicans oppose it. it's also because of democrats, particularly in the senate. in fact, if you look at, we have a set of compiled -- some faces and names of democratic senators. if you look there's about a dozen. these are senators who have either outright said, no way to assault weapons ban, or those who run from us in the hallway when we try to ask or somewhere in between. the reason is most of them come from states where they're the whole concept of gun rights runs very wide and very deep. it would be cultural heresy many of them think to ban any kind of gun and to vote for that. the senators here may support other gun control like background checks or limiting high capacity ammunition clips, even trafficking, and so the thinking and it really has been all along, is that if they put the assault weapons ban in this broad gun control package,
>> you know, wolf, the votes aren't there is the bottom line, what harry reid said. we know it's true because we've been reporting on this show really since the gun debate reignited after newtown that it's not just because republicans oppose it. it's also because of democrats, particularly in the senate. in fact, if you look at, we have a set of compiled -- some faces and names of democratic senators. if you look there's about a dozen. these are senators who have either outright said, no...
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he took his notes and he was looking at them and he was making fun of the doodles that harry reid did saying he should send it to his psychiatrist for analysis. >> maybe that's a good idea. >> thanks very much. >>> coming up, i'll speak with ron formier, the writer of the national journal article which sparked controversy and one senior official, anonymous, saying the so-called charm offensive is a joke. we'll get reaction to what the white house has to say about that quote, as well. that's coming up in our next hour. >>> not every day that one gets to meet with the president, but wait until you hear how the sultan of brunei made his way to the oval office. even president bush made wobama surprised. awwwww... arigato! we are outta here! party...... finding you the perfect place, every step of the way. hotels.com constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ "the odd couple" theme playing ] humans. even
he took his notes and he was looking at them and he was making fun of the doodles that harry reid did saying he should send it to his psychiatrist for analysis. >> maybe that's a good idea. >> thanks very much. >>> coming up, i'll speak with ron formier, the writer of the national journal article which sparked controversy and one senior official, anonymous, saying the so-called charm offensive is a joke. we'll get reaction to what the white house has to say about that...
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harry reid, the senate majority leader, just adjourned until noon tomorrow. so nothing would happen until noon tomorrow. but the senate, the democratic sources are saying that -- and they are being very quiet. they are not answering our obvious question, which is, what would you do if you got something that was amended. they're doing that on purpose. they don't want to sort of rock the boat. they don't want to give any sort of sense of yay or nay to house republicans to give anybody an excuse, basically. so they're being very, very quiet. but knowing the temperature over there, the fact that they feel pretty good about the fact that they passed this with not just a few republicans, two, three, four, but with 40 out of 45 republicans, 80, excuse me, 90% of the republican caucus in the senate voted for this, they feel no compunction, i don't think, to feel the need to take this up if the house changes it. they really understand that the house republicans will take the blame. >> let's see what the house of representatives does in the next few hours. dana, thank
harry reid, the senate majority leader, just adjourned until noon tomorrow. so nothing would happen until noon tomorrow. but the senate, the democratic sources are saying that -- and they are being very quiet. they are not answering our obvious question, which is, what would you do if you got something that was amended. they're doing that on purpose. they don't want to sort of rock the boat. they don't want to give any sort of sense of yay or nay to house republicans to give anybody an excuse,...
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the only reason their taxes would have gone up is because president obama and harry reid were pushing to raise taxes. >> accept in the real world, the only reason their taxes would have gone up is because you would have voted to see their taxes going up. >> at the end of the day, i think we need to be solving these problems. and jacking >>> happening now. controversy and health crises that mark hillary clinton's final days as the secretary of state. we have new information about some critical presidential cabinet posts coming up. also, sources are telling me, telling cnn, i should say, when we might be hearing an announcement. and we'll have much more on a regular army, disturbing new details emerging about iran's intelligence service. >>> just out of the hospital, already working. the state department says hillary clinton dialed into a conference call today, and she could be back on the job, full-time, as early as next week, following a series of health crises that have overshadowed her final days as the secretary of state. kate is here. she's been taking a closer look at what lies a
the only reason their taxes would have gone up is because president obama and harry reid were pushing to raise taxes. >> accept in the real world, the only reason their taxes would have gone up is because you would have voted to see their taxes going up. >> at the end of the day, i think we need to be solving these problems. and jacking >>> happening now. controversy and health crises that mark hillary clinton's final days as the secretary of state. we have new information...
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it was senator harry reid who actually got this small provision, really only five lines that got it into the affordable care act. and i should point out, it doesn't specifically forbid doctors from asking patients about guns but it's more about them being able to document it, being able to use this for research purposes, and for research into gun safety. now, folks in the nra will say, look, we don't want patients to be discriminated against because they own a gun. we don't want their insurance premiums to be higher, things like that. there's no history of that ever happening but there's sort of their argument. people who want these conversations to happen and be able to be documented between patient and physician says this is how we make things more safe. so this is sort of the friction back and forth over this very small five-line provision, wolf. >> it's a very sensitive provision, though. some states are trying to make it a crime to ask questions about this. >> yeah, it's really interesting. in florida as well as seven other states, very fascinating what is happening. florida, for ex
it was senator harry reid who actually got this small provision, really only five lines that got it into the affordable care act. and i should point out, it doesn't specifically forbid doctors from asking patients about guns but it's more about them being able to document it, being able to use this for research purposes, and for research into gun safety. now, folks in the nra will say, look, we don't want patients to be discriminated against because they own a gun. we don't want their insurance...
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what's the idea, reid asked? sequestration, lew said. reid folded himself over with his head between his knees as if he was going to throw up. here's the question. if this is such a horrible idea, sequestration or these forced budget cuts, why did the white house come up with this idea to begin with? >> well, as you remember, wolf, in the summer of 2011, we were facing a situation where the nation was about to default for the first time in its history because republicans were refusing to agree to a balanced approach to a deficit reduction. both sides were looking for a way to craft a deal that would avoid default and a trigger mechanism. sequestration, which is a word that most americans have never heard before, is simply a way of crafting policy that was so onerous that would cause cuts that nobody liked, republicans or democrats, and because of that they would compel the prospect of sequestration to compel congress to compromise, come together on further deficit reduction in a balanced way. you know, i understand that people like to po
what's the idea, reid asked? sequestration, lew said. reid folded himself over with his head between his knees as if he was going to throw up. here's the question. if this is such a horrible idea, sequestration or these forced budget cuts, why did the white house come up with this idea to begin with? >> well, as you remember, wolf, in the summer of 2011, we were facing a situation where the nation was about to default for the first time in its history because republicans were refusing to...